Lean In
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by Sheryl Sandberg
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2013
Price: $12.99
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why...
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Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $12.99
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who...
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Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $10.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being...
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Written by Mindy Kaling
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $9.99
Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers with the sentence “Can I just say one...
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Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Written by Cheryl Strayed
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.99
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed...
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Confessions of a Sociopath
A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
Written by M.E. Thomas
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
As M.E. Thomas says of her fellow sociopaths, we are your neighbors, co-workers, and quite possibly the people closest to you: lovers, family, friends. Our risk-seeking behavior and general fearlessness are thrilling, our glibness and charm alluring. Our often quick wit and outside-the-box thinking make us appear intelligent—even brilliant. We climb...
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My Beloved World
Written by Sonia Sotomayor
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $12.99
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are...
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